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Title: | Interview with Faith Thomas (sound recording), interviewer: Gordon Briscoe |
Reference: | TRC 2603/4 |
Date Range: | 20 March 1990 |
Description: | Miss Thomas talks of her return to Nepabunna for a week after being taken away from them as a baby; her first impression of tribal aborigines; her experiences staying at Nepabunna mission and visiting her family's camp; her relationship with her family; her family's reaction to her and hers to them; the relations between the missionaries and the aborigines; her memories of camp life. |
Formats: | Audio. |
Access: | Open |
Related Entries: | Allen, Harry Brookes (1854 - 1926) |
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Title: | Interview with Faith Thomas, Aboriginal woman, cricketer and outback nurse (sound recording), interviewer: Ray Aitchison |
Reference: | TRC 2030 |
Date Range: | 22 March 1986 |
Description: | 90 minutes. Thomas speaks about playing women's cricket in 1950s; her childhood in an Aboriginal children's home; becoming a nurse; racial prejudice she suffered; present situation of Aboriginals; the Adnyamathanha people; providing health services to Aboriginals in remote areas; playing cricket for Australia; playing hockey; her husband and son; and Aboriginal beliefs and customs. |
Formats: | Audio. |
Access: | Open |
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